(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

The history of nude photography is the history of people's fascination with the topic. This book offers a cross-section of the history of nude photography, ranging from the earliest nude daguerrotypes and ethnographic nude photographs to experimental nude photography.

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Poetic and dramatic, staged and captured in masterly fashion by the pioneers of photography, this book includes photos of oberammergau passion plays as they looked at the end of the 19th century.

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The perfect introduction to American street photographer Bruce Gilden, best known for his candid close-ups of people on the streets of New York City.

(Hardback)

Published to mark the 50th anniversary of John F Kennedy's historic visit to Berlin in June 1963, this title captures the event in a series of photographs by Ulrich Mack. It features both the set pieces of the visit, and unscripted and personal moments in close-up.

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From Nicphore Nipce's 1827 eight-hour-exposure rooftop pictures to the horror of Nick Ut's "napalm girl," the 50 photographs in this collection have defined eras, made history, or touched something so fundamentally human that they have become resonant icons around the world. Each image goes under the microscope, revealing the history of the medium and its social, historical, and artistic impact.

(Hardback)

Discover the most influential photographers of the last century and their finest monographs. Arranged alphabetically, this biographical encyclopedia covers the earliest representatives of classical Modernism right up to the present day, complete with book and magazines fascimiles.